Daughter to Father

Damn it, Damn it, Damn it

Why

Even though you weren't always there

you were there when you could be

you loved your family, my sister and I

you tired to be there, but i didn't let you

i didn't try hard enough to be there

you would call, i wouldn't answer

you made a mistake, it took me years to forgive

i stopped seeing you, i should have taken the first steps

i should have tried harder to anwer the phone

Damn it, Damn it, Damn it

Why

i should have been there but i wasn't

i should have moved back home but didn't want to

i should have said i loved you, but never enough

i didn't try hard enough

And now you are gone

Damn it, Damn it, Damn it

Why

there is one picture i have of you

it was never taken by me but by someone else

i never took any when you came down but i should have

not once was a picture taken by me with you and my son

Damn it, Damn it, Damn it

Why

you lived on one side of the country

i lived on the other side of the country

you could come to me, every year for three years you found a way

i did not come to you i never found a way

Damn it, Damn it, Damn it

Why

I should have tried harder

i could have found a way

i should taken more pictures of you

i should have called more to just talk, to just hear your voice

Damn it, Damn it, Damn it

Why

now there is nother left to do no calls no trips

but now stands a memorial

with your ashes your books a scroll that tells a tale of fatherhood

and a picture taken by someone else